Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Kingfish

King′fishˊ

(kĭng′fĭshˊ)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
An American marine food fish of the genus
Menticirrus
, especially
Menticirrus saxatilis
, or
Menticirrus nebulosos
, of the Atlantic coast; – called also
whiting
,
surf whiting
, and
barb
.
(b)
The opah.
(c)
The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See
Cero
.
(d)
The queenfish.

Definition 2025

kingfish

kingfish

English

Noun

kingfish ‎(plural kingfishes or kingfish)

  1. Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroaker
  2. Other Atlantic fish
    1. opah Lampris guttatus (United Kingdom)
    2. white croaker Genyonemus lineatus (United Kingdom)
    3. wahoo Acanthocybium solandri (Barbados)
    4. king mackerel Scomberomorus cavalla
  3. Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific.
    1. narrow-barred Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson (Australia)
    2. Japanese meagre Argyrosomus japonicus (Australia)
    3. yellowtail amberjack Seriola lalandi (Australia, New Zealand)
    4. silver gemfish Rexea solandri (Australia)
  4. Caranx
    1. crevalle jack Caranx hippos (Mauritania)
    2. giant trevally (sometimes travelli) Caranx ignobilis (South Africa)
  5. cobia, Rachycentron canadum, of warm waters globally.

Translations

See also

Similar Results